L-R: President Bola Tinubu with DSS DG Adeola Ajayi
Adeola Ajayi, director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), met with President Bola Tinubu on Friday night to provide an update on the country’s security crisis.
Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, said the meeting held at the presidential villa.
Onanuga also shared a photograph of the briefing on his X page.
The meeting was held on the same day the federal government ordered the immediate closure of 47 Unity Colleges.
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The directive, issued in a circular released on Friday, cited “recent security challenges in some parts of the country and the need to prevent any security breaches”.
In a concentrated period of just one week in November, two major incidents involving schoolchildren occurred.
On November 17, some gunmen struck the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi state.
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About 25 girls were abducted, and the school’s vice-principal was killed.
On November 21, armed men again attacked St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in the Papiri community, Agwara LGA of Niger — abducting more than 300 students and teachers.
On November 18, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) killed Musa Uba, a brigadier general, following an ambush on a convoy of soldiers and operatives of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Borno state.
On November 21, Tinubu cancelled his trip to South Africa over the spate of gunmen attacks and abductions.
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